No one anthologises as expertly as Savall and, in these increasingly specialist days, possibly no one else could present a millennium of music with such quality, depth of scholarship and attention... — Choir & Organ, May 2018, *****More…

Release Date: 5th Jan 2018

Catalogue No: AVSA9925

Label: Alia Vox

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

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2 SACDs + Book

$39.75

Format: Hybrid Multi-channel

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Birds on Fire… is by Orlando Gough (b1953), a British composer… The music is hauntingly coloured by reference to klezmer tunes, while the second movement grows over a hypnotic ostinato. A memorable... — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, *****More…

Release Date: 30th Jun 2008

Catalogue No: HMU907478

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Length: 74 minutes

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The famed King’s Singers attention to pin-point pitching, slick ensemble, and deft balances between the voices are present in abundance. The two Beatles arrangements are particularly successful…The... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, ****More…

These ravishing, often ornately decorated solos, duets and trios on the subject of love reveal an intense engagement with text and sentiment that at times attains Monteverdian levels. Achten’s... — Sunday Times, 25th February 2018More…

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Lately, TV arts/documentary schedules have teemed with films on Islam, mostly over–simplifying history to the point of distortion and suggesting a centuries–old conspiracy to deny the contribution... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…